Peter Leaver

Peter Lawrence Oppenheim Leaver, KC (28 November 1944 – 2 September 2026) was a British barrister, judge and administrator who was chief executive of the Premier League from 1997 to 1999.

Leaver was educated at Aldenham School and Trinity College Dublin and a member of One Essex Court for many years. He was a deputy High Court judge from 1994 to 2017, and was chairman of the London Court of International Arbitration from 2008 to 2012.

Leaver died on 2 September 2026, aged 81. He was the father of the publishing executive Marcus Leaver.

References

↑ "Peter Leaver QC". One Essex Court. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
↑ ‘LEAVER, Peter Lawrence Oppenheim’, Who's Who 2016, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2015
↑ "Peter Leaver QC". Who's Who Legal. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
↑ "Peter Lawrence Oppenheim Leaver KC". The Times. 4 September 2026. Retrieved 4 September 2026.

[1] "Peter Leaver QC". One Essex Court. Retrieved 8 January 2018.

[2] ‘LEAVER, Peter Lawrence Oppenheim’, Who's Who 2016, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2015

[3] "Peter Leaver QC". Who's Who Legal. Retrieved 9 January 2018.

[4] "Peter Lawrence Oppenheim Leaver KC". The Times. 4 September 2026. Retrieved 4 September 2026.